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Bilingualism and Special Education: Issues in Assessment and Pedagogy

David E. Wolfe, Jim Cummins

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Referral and assessment of minority students the origins of bias in IQ tests the construct of disability underachievement among minority children language proficiency, bilingualism and academic achievement learning difficulties in immersion programmes assessment of bilingual exceptional students pedagogical assumptions underlying special education from research and theory to policy and practice.

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Key concepts: Neuroscience of multilingualism, Bilingual education, Psychology, Referral, Construct (python library), Pedagogy, Special education, Standardized test